The Precursors of Aquila : : The First Complete Publication of the Text of the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll (8ḤevXIIgr), Preceded by a Study of the Greek Translations and Recensions of the Bible Conducted in the First Century CE under the Influence of the Palestinian Rabbinate / / Dominique Barthélemy.

• VerfasserIn: Barthélemy, Dominique,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages).

This ground-breaking study in Septuagint translation technique is, after sixty years, finally available to an English-speaking audience. Barthélemy provides us with a first look at the fragments of the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from the Cave of Horror and embarks on a careful examination of this...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Foreword to the English Edition
• Introduction
• 1 Manner of Citation
• Part 1 Characteristics of the καίγε Group
• Chapter 1 Akiva's Hermeneutic and Its Influence on Aquila
• 1 Comparison of Akiva's Hermeneutic with That of Ishmael ben Elisha
• 2 Exegesis of the Particles of Inclusion
• 3 Translation of אֵת by Aquila
• 4 The "Septuagint" of Ecclesiastes
• Chapter 2 Specific Translations of גַּם in the Greek Bible
• 1 Aquila and the "Septuagint" of Ecclesiastes
• 2 Lamentations, Song of Songs, Ruth
• 3 Judges, Kingdoms
• 4 Chronicles, Ezekiel, Psalms
• 5 Nehemiah, Daniel, Job, Jeremiah
• 6 Symmachus, Theodotion, Quinta
• 7 The Extension of the καίγε Group
• Chapter 3 Other Characteristics of the καίγε Group
• 1 Elimination of "Each" (אִישׁ)
• 2 "From Above" (מֵעַל)
• 3 Etymological Translation of נצב־יצב
• 4 Distinction between Horn and Trumpet
• 5 Elimination of the Historic Present
• 6 The Timelessness of the Negation of Existence
• 7 "Me" or "It is Me" (אָנֹכִי)?
• 8 "Towards" (לִקְרַאת)
• Chapter 4 Aquila Perfects the Work of the καίγε Group
• 1 Translation of גְּדוּד
• 2 Translation of יהוה צְבָא ת
• 3 Translation of אֵל
• 4 Translation of נֶגֶד
• 5 Translation of עַל־כֵּן and עַל־זֹאת
• 6 Translation of לְעֹלָם
• 7 Translation of הוׄי
• 8 Translation of אָסַף
• 9 Translation of כֹּמֶר
• 10 Translation of אֲפֵלָה
• 11 Translation of חוּץ
• 12 Translation of הָדָר and הֲדָרָה
• Part 2 Studies on Some Already-known Members of the καίγε Group
• Chapter 1 Relationship between the Septuagint and the καίγε Recension for the βγ Section of Kingdoms
• 1 Basic Identity between the Antiochian and the Palestinian Form of the Greek Text
• 2 The Palestinian Form Essentially Differs by a Concern for Greater Fidelity to the Hebrew Text.
• 3 The Antiochene Form Cannot be Derived from the Palestinian Form through a Process of Degeneration
• 4 Reciprocal Contamination of the Old Septuagint and the Palestinian Recension
• 5 The So-called "Lucianic Recension"
• 6 The So-called "Theodotion" of the βγ Section of Kingdoms
• 7 Origen Substitutes the Palestinian Recension for the Old Greek
• 8 Corollaries
• Chapter 2 Who is Theodotion?
• 1 Criticism of Epiphanius's Testimony
• 2 Indications of the Date of Theodotion
• 3 Theodotion = Jonathan ben Uzziel
• 4 The Scope of Theodotion's Work
• Chapter 3 The Translations of Ruth, Song of Songs, and Lamentations
• Part 3 A New Member of the καίγε Group: Greek Fragments of the Minor Prophets
• Chapter 1 External Data
• 1 Current State of the Fragments
• 2 Original Condition of the Scroll
• 3 Divisions in the Text
• 4 The Two Handwritings
• Chapter 2 Transcription of the Text of the Fragments
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• Column 2
• Column 3
• Column 4
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• Chapter 3 Identification of the Text of the Fragments
• 1 Comparison of R with the Septuagint
• 2 Characteristics of the Work of R
• 3 R belongs to the καίγε Group
• Chapter 4 Relationship to the Text Cited by Justin
• 1 Justin, the Jews, and the Septuagint
• 2 Justin Cited R
• 3 Other Citations from the Minor Prophets in Justin's Dialogue
• Chapter 5 Relationship to the Quinta
• 1 Witnesses to the Text of Jerome's Commentary
• 2 R and Specific Citations from the Quinta by Jerome
• 3 R and Non-Specific Citations from the Quinta by Jerome
• 4 Citation from the Quinta by Origen and the Text of Justin.
• 5 Other Citations from the Quinta by Jerome
• Chapter 6 Relationship to the Old Coptic Versions
• 1 R Explains the Hebraisms of these Versions
• 2 Relationship of Coptic Hebraisms to the Quinta
• 3 Relationship of Coptic Hebraisms to the Biblical Text of Justin
• Chapter 7 Relationship to the Washington Manuscript V
• 1 Hebraisms of the First and Second Hands
• 2 The Source of the Original Hebraisms of W
• 3 The Hebraisms of the Third Hand
• Chapter 8 Relationship to Aquila
• 1 Aquila Is Closer to R than to "Theodotion"
• 2 Aquila Ignores the Unrecensed Septuagint
• 3 The Strong Dependence That Links Aquila to R
• Chapter 9 The "Theodotion" Recension of the Twelve Prophets
• 1 Witnesses of "Theodotion" for the Twelve Prophets
• 2 The Transcription of the Divine Names
• 3 "Theodotion" Depends on the Other Hexaplaric Versions
• 4 The Disdain of "Theodotion" for Literalism
• 5 "Theodotion" Knows the Unrecensed Septuagint and the Hebrew
• 6 Literalism from Borrowing
• 7 The Pseudepigraphy of "Theodotion"
• Chapter 10 Relationship to Symmachus
• 1 Symmachus Knew R and the Hebrew
• 2 Symmachus Seems to Ignore the Unrecensed Septuagint
• 3 Symmachus Seems to Ignore Aquila
• Chapter 11 The Place of R in the Greek Textual Tradition of the Twelve Prophets
• Chapter 12 Conclusion
• Final Note
• Bibliography
• Index of Modern Authors.